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Introduction to the Qur'an / M.A. Draz.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011, c2000.Edition: New pbk. edDescription: x, 164 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 184885689X
  • 9781848856899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.1226 22
LOC classification:
  • BP 130 .D73 2011
Contents:
The early life of the prophet -- The composition of the revealed text -- How the Qur'anic doctrine was announced to the world -- Truth, or the religious element -- Goodness, or the moral element -- Beauty, or the literary element -- Meccan sources of the Qur'an -- Medinan sources of the Qur'an.
Summary: In this book the distinguished Islamic scholar M.A. Draz, one of the Muslim world's most erudite authorities of this century, sets out the fundamental principles of the Qur'an and its much misunderstood and misquoted teachings on gender and women, polygamy, war, faith, Judaism, Christianity and the many other issues on which the Qur'an pronounces. Draz emphasises the continuity of monotheistic doctrine and ethics through Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Item type: Books
Holdings
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The early life of the prophet -- The composition of the revealed text -- How the Qur'anic doctrine was announced to the world -- Truth, or the religious element -- Goodness, or the moral element -- Beauty, or the literary element -- Meccan sources of the Qur'an -- Medinan sources of the Qur'an.

In this book the distinguished Islamic scholar M.A. Draz, one of the Muslim world's most erudite authorities of this century, sets out the fundamental principles of the Qur'an and its much misunderstood and misquoted teachings on gender and women, polygamy, war, faith, Judaism, Christianity and the many other issues on which the Qur'an pronounces. Draz emphasises the continuity of monotheistic doctrine and ethics through Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Translated from the French by Ayeshah Abdel-Haleem.